Downtown Music Gallery has also managed to track down small quantities of Annette's releases on her own Ironic label on both CD and LP, including ABSTRACT CONTACT, I HAVE NO FEELINGS, SKY-SKATING, and BEEN IN THE STREETS TOO LONG (LP only) and hopes to have them available for sale/mail order sometime in December.

For thase of you who are not aware of the nearly 4 decade history of this amazing artist whose involvement as composer/collaborator/singer with the leading names from free jazz thru avant-rock, you owe it yourself to go to the dedicated website at http://www.geocities.com/zoom14st/ap.html for Bios/Discogs/Interviews and major articles/Paul Bley plays Annette 

And for those rabid fans who know Annette, you might want to join the newly formed Annette Peacock bulletin board at http://www.egroups.com/group/AnnettePeacock

NEW RELEASES, REISSUES & RESTOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 2000:

 

NEW RELEASES FROM THE DOWNTOWN SCENE & RELATED etc.

THE LAST FOUR RELEASES FROM TZADIK FOR THIS YEAR ARE NOW RESCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 5TH , BUT WE MAY GET THEM SOONER!

1.JOHN ZORN-Cartoon/S&M (Tzadik 7330) Outstanding performances of Mr. Zorn's chamber works performed by the Mondriaan Quartet and the Asko Ensemble. The 'light' cd covers his quirky cartoon cut-up compositions and the 'dark' cd covers his S&M 'Torture Garden' period. Both cds conclude with haunting versions of "Kol Nidre" - perhaps Zorn's most sad and beautiful piece. Two cd set for $20.

2.JOHN ZORN-Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d (Tzadik 7331) Featuring Jamie Saft, Chris Speed and Cyro Baptista. This is the dark and moody soundtrack for a controversial documentary about the gay Hasidic community, including a few unrecorded Masada pieces. $14.

3.MARK DRESSER-Marinade (Tzadik 7063) Featuring Mary Rowell, Gerry Hemingway, Matthias Zeigler, Skuli Sverrisson, Denman Maroney and a string quartet. Outstanding and serious work commissioned by the Library of Congress! $14.

4.FRANK LONDON-Invocations (Tzadik 7147) Featuring Myra Melford & Anthony Coleman on harmoniums, Gina Leishman on glass harmonica, Ken Filiano on bass and Frank on trumpet. Lush and beautiful cantorial music recorded at a lower east side synagogue! $14.

5.TISZIJI MUNOZ-Auspicious Healing! (Anami Music 018) Featuring Henry Kaiser and Munoz on guitars, Marilyn Crispell on piano, Mark Dresser on contrabass and Lukas Ligeti on drums. Spectacular and cosmic offering from two of our favorite electric guitarists performing together for the first time with an amazing all-star rhythm team!! Marilyn Crispell is especially incredible here and this cd includes a lovely version of "Brahm's Lullaby". New price for this release is $12.

6.ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE-Blues for Next (KFW 285) Finally released and well worth the wait! Downtown guitar hero E. Sharp wails the blues on this superb cd set with special guests Hubert Sumlin, Eric Mingus, Dean Bowman, Sim Cain and Sam Furnace! Best blues release I have heard in many years! Two cd set for $22.

7.ANDREW CYRILLE-MARK DRESSER-MARTY EHRLICH-C.D.E. (Pao 10480) Excellent all-star trio effort with no US distribution! $14.

8.TRIO 3 [OLIVER LAKE-REGGIE WORKMAN-ANDREW CYRILLE]-Encounter (Passin' Thru 41212) Second wonderful cd from this great all-star trio covering the music of Bobby Bradford, John Carter, Andrew Hill, Steve Colson, as well as originals!! $14.

9.ANTHONY BRAXTON/BRANDON EVANS-Elliptical Axis 15 (Parallactic 28-30) Massive three cd work this extraordinary multi-reeds duo composed by Brandon Evans with help and inspiration from that visionary himself - Anthony Braxton! 3cd set for $40.

10.KEVIN NORTON TRIO-"In Context/Out of Context" (Barking Hoop 002) This trio features David Bindman and Bob DeBellis on reeds and Kevin on drums, percussion and compositions. Kevin is a most engaging composer and long-time Braxton collaborator! $12.

11.CUONG VU-pure (KFW 266) Featuring Stomu Takeishi on bass, John Hollenbeck on drums and Cuong Vu on trumpet. Second fine release from this great new downtown trumpet hero with long, swirling and impressive pieces. $13.

12.CHRISTIAN MARCLAY-THURSTON MOORE-LEE RANALDO-Fuck Shit Up (Victo 071) Subtle title for this heavy improv/noise fest jamboree - live & intense! $14.

13.J.A. DEANE/BILL FRISELL 3-"These Times" (Zerx 28) JA plays trombone with electronics, records rarely and often creates a haze of soundscapes. This is a historic live recording from October of 1988! $12.

14.CHANTAL DUMAS-SHELLEY HIRSCH-JOELLE LEANDRE-La Parfum De Femmes (Ohm Editions 011) Downtown vocal legend Shelley Hirsch records so infrequently that each release is a gem to behold. Chantal composed the text and music, Joelle plays her outstanding contrabass and Silvia Ocougne plays guitar! $14.

15.RAY ANDERSON QUARTET-Bonemeal/Live at Jean's Supper Club (Raybone) With Steve Salerno on guitar, Mark Helias on bass, Matt Wilson on drums and Ray on trombone and vocals. A diverse live date from one of our favorite trombonists! $14.

16.KEVIN O'NEIL-"Sous Rature" (Barking Hoop 003) With Jackson Moore and Steve Lehman on alto saxes, Kevin Norton on drums and Kevin O'Neil on guitar and thorny compositions. This entire quartet are all Braxton alumni and Kevin is an amazing new jazz guitarist most worthy of our attention - demanding & difficult music! $12.

17.PETER McCANN-You Remind Me of Someone (Palmetto 2066) Featuring Peter Epstein, John Hebert and Michael Sarin. Fine electric jazz guitarist for Previte's Miles project and for Tom Varner records his second date as a leader. $14.

18.JOE FONDA/MICHAEL J. STEVENS GROUP-Live at the Bunker (Leo 301) With Paul Smoker and Harvey Sorgen. This is one of the best long-running local outside and inside jazz units who make consistently great recordings which often show the world of possibilities in modern jazz. $14.

19.JOE McPHEE-DOMINIC DUVAL-JOHN HEWARD-Undersound (Leo 295) Yet another fine offering from this upstate multi-reed and trumpet legend Joe McPhee - here concentrating on soprano sax only with his great trio! $14.

20.ROLAND DAHINDEN TRIOS-Naima (mode 62) Featuring Anthony Braxton on alto & sopranino, Roland on trombones, Joe Fonda on bass and Art Fuller on drums. Roland is a fine Swiss trombonist who has covered the difficult music of John Cage, Christian Wolff and Anthony Braxton. Here is leads a great quartet with Braxton - blurring the lines between avant-jazz and modern classical. Not new, but overlooked. $14.

21.ANTHONY BRAXTON-Knitting Factory [Piano Quartet] 1994, Vol. 2 (Leo 297/298) Featuring Marty Ehrlich, Joe Fonda and Pheeroan AkLaff. Second volume of this strong quartet date in which Mr. Braxton plays piano only, twisting jazz standards inside-out while Marty burns on his saxes! Two cd set for $27.

22.BILL DIXON-TONY OXLEY QUARTET-Berlin Abbozzi (FMP 110) With Klaus Koch and Matthias Bauer on basses. Extraordinary collaboration with four giants! $17.

23.ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH-EVAN PARKER-PAUL LOVENS-Swingin' the Bim (FMP 114/115) Fabulous live European all-star trio set from the Bimhaus in Amsterdam! Two cd set for $32.

24.ELTON DEAN-QED (Blueprint 339) Featuring Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Nick Evans, Simon Picard, Jim Dvorak, Roberto Bellatalla and Mark Sanders. Half live, half studio, a duo, two trios (with el piano & organ), two quartets, a quintet and overall a pretty great release from our favorite Canterbury sax legend! $17.

25.JEFFREY FAYMAN AND ROBERT FRIPP-a temple in the clouds (Projekt 104) Lush, dark and moody soundscapes recorded on the island of Anapraxis off the coast of Greece by film composer Fayman and head Crimson King himself - Robert Fripp! $14.

26.CIRCLE-pori (Feldspar 3) Most impressive and captivating progressive band from Finland, who do a variety of both quiet and intense majestic prog-rock whatever! $13.

27.ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE-Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (PSF 123) These wacky Japanese hippie-mystics really rocked hard and blew minds at the Cooler last week! This release is more spaced-out, pan-dimensional, mesmerizing psychedelia! Expensive Japanese import cd for $19.

28.GUNTER MULLER/LE QUAN NINH-La Voyelle Liquide (Erstwhile 010) Two brilliant but very different improvising percussionists who have been working with electronics in recent years combine their inventive palettes in a variety of sonic stew situations. $13.

29.THOMAS LEHN/MARKUS SCHMICKLER-Bart (Erstwhile 012) Thomas plays analoguesynth in Konk Pack (Tim Hodgkinson & Roger Turner) and with Gerry Hemingway. Markus plays digital synth and computer, records as Wabi Sabi and Pluramon and is also a member of MIMEO. This is perhaps the most challenging of all Erstwhile cds so far! $13.

30.OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/VOICE CRACK-Bits, Bots and Signs (Erstwhile 013) Turntablist, home-made guitarist & sampler wiz - Otomo was once the leader of Ground Zero and more recently I.S.O. - has moved away from the dense and harsh world of maximal electronics/sampling and into more minimal textures. Here he works with the legendary duo of cheap electronics Voice Crack and they create somewhat more restrained alien soundscapes. $13.

31.GUNTER MULLER/TAKU SUGIMOTO-I Am Happy If You Are Happy (For Four Ears 1140) Most impressive blending of quiet electronics/percussion and restrained electric guitar. $14.

32.BERNARD FALAISE-Do (Ambiances Magnetiques 086) French-Canadian experimental guitarist Falaise - overdubs layers of guitar parts into a mass of intricate colors! Quite engaging! $14.

33.JOHN CAGE/JOELLE LEANDRE-Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs (Montaigne 782 121) Solo bass from this excellent French contrabassist, as well as a duo with Le Quan Ninh on percussion. Now a budget priced import for $14.

34.MORTON FELDMAN-Routine Investigations (Montaigne 782 129) Five fascinating Feldman pieces from his rarely documented middle period. "Uniquely precious!" $14.

35.GIANCINTO SCELSI-The Piano Works 1 (Mode 92) Superb Canadian pianist Louise Bessette performs Scelsi's demanding "Second Sonata" (suggesting the sounds of Oriental gongs), "Fourth Sonata" (a beautiful and dark elegy) and "Ttai" (the sacred sound of Om). $14.

36.IANNIS XENAKIS-Chamber Music 1955-1990 (Montaigne 782 137) Graphic score works similar to the architecture of (Xenakis collaborator) Le Corbusiern and Varese-like sound masses referred to as "galaxies or clouds". Performed by the Arditti String Quartet and pianist Claude Helffer. Two cd set for $26.

37.LUIGI NONO-Variazioni Canoniche (Montaigne 782 132) Extraordinarily ultra-subtle music which uses silence as a form of suspended meditation, punctuated by incandescent sound events - like a nightmare slowed down. $14.

38.LUIGI NONO-La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura (Montaigne 782 133) An intimate voyage for solo violin performed by Irvine Arditti and eight-track tape, seizing snippets of a madrigal which is frayed beyond recognition. $14.

39.PETER EOTVOS-Chinese Opera, Shadows & Steine (Kairos 1208) Amazing Transylvanian composer who has worked with Stockhausen and whose own music is also highly idiosyncratic, extremely imaginative and often evokes visual spirits. $15.

40.HUGH LE CAINE-Compositions/Demonstrations 1946-1974 (JWD 03) A most comprehensive compilation of bizarre sounds from this early electronics pioneer and instrument maker from Canada. Hugh invented the Sackbut Synthesizer, the Touch Sensitive Organ and the Mouth Cavity Oscillator! Occasionally hilarious! $13.

41.TREVOR WISHART-Red Bird (EMF 022) A vast array of recorded sound shifts, which slowly morph into other weird electronic sounds - magical and essential! $13.

42.ERNEST DAWKINS' NEW HORIZONS ENSEMBLE-Jo'Burg Jump (Delmark 524) Ernest is the current chairman of the AACM and although his wonderful modern jazz unit has been around for more than two decades, this is their first domestic release. Like the Art Ensemble or 8 Bold Souls, New Horizons cover a variety of inspired styles - South African soul, avant-jazz, Latin, reggae, folk and gospel! $14.

43.FAUST-The Wumme Years 1970-1973 (ReR FB1) Faust were the weirdest of all Krautrock bands, completely enigmatic and difficult to explain. They backed Slapp Happy and were befriended by Henry Cow. This amazing 5 cd box-set contains their first four releases - Faust, So Far, The Faust Tapes & 71 Minutes plus another 2cds worth of BBC Sessions, Top Gear and assorted rarities, plus an impressive booklet covering their early history. A descent into the maelstrom of experimental rock for $65.!

44.FLUXUS ANTHOLOGY-various artists (Anthology 18) Rare collection of music and sound events from this bizarre sixties (anti?) art movement featuring LaMonte Young, John Cage, Yoko Ono, Walter Marchetti, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Philip Corner and many more. Very limited. $16.

45.PHIL MANZANERA-Rare One (Expression) A collection of previously unreleased rarities from prog rock guitar god's Phil's early works including the Quiet Sun demos with Eno and other early pre-Roxy Music out-takes! $17.

46.GENTLE GIANT-In a Glass House (Voice Print) Finally! Considered by many to be their finest studio album and only released on a very limited edition cd, it is back with two extra tracks in all its incredible progressive glory! This is a legit version. $17.

47.GENTLE GIANT-Rome '74 (Voice Print offshoot) Official 'Octopus' era live recording with good but not great sound and the first of a series of live releases from one England's finest progressive legendary ensembles! $17.

48.EVAN PARKER-ALVIN CURRAN-ANDREA CENTAZZO-Realtime 1 (Felmay 5029) Live in Italy in December of 1977, this trio of saxes-electronics-percussion each from a different country and discipline combine talents for cosmic improv. $17.

49.ENNIO MORRICONE-Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (Dagored 119) This was the only known soundtrack performed by Morricone's incredible free improv unit and it is an amazing blend of 70's Miles fuzz-wah guitar, psychedelic jabs, bowed cymbals, scraping metal and occasionally serious grooves. Wonderful sound and seven unreleased tracks make this an essential release! Available on high quality vinyl and cd for $14.

50.MARIO PAVONE-Sharpville (Playscape 90885) Featuring Thomas Chapin, Marty Ehrlich and Pheeroan AkLaff. Exciting reissue of this lp only release from the early years of our favorite late great sax hero - Thomas Chapin with an all-star cast!! $14.

51.MICHAEL MUSSILAMI-Mars Bar 6tet (Playscape 21092) w/ Randy Brecker and Thomas Chapin, 52.Groove Teacher (20694) w/ Ralph Moore, Claudio Roditi & Chapin, 53.Archives 5tet (20990) w/ Steve Johns & Thomas Chapin. Mussilami is a fine but under-recognized jazz guitarist who recorded a few great albums for Mario Pavone's Alacra label and a swell cd for Evidence. Here are three fine cds from the archives which feature the stunning sax and flute work of our old friend Thomas Chapin. Each sells for $14.

54 & 55.THE EX & TOM CORA-Scrabbling at the Lock & The WeathermenŠ (RecRec/Red Note) Two excellent and powerful collaborations with our favorite downtown cellist and that ever-resourceful post-punk unit from Amsterdam!! Two difficult to find cds now at a reduced price of $15. each

56.HAMPTON GREASE BAND-Music to Eat (Columbia) Unbelievably bizarre early progressive/jazz/rock legends from Atlanta (Atlantis?) featuring the strange and wonderful vocals of (pre-Col.) Bruce Hampton and the outstanding double guitar frenzy of Glenn Philips and Harold Kelling!! I witnessed them open for the Mothers at the Fillmore in 1970 and I will never be the same! Second worst selling record on Columbia and out-of-print forever probably. Two cds set with illuminating booklet for only $15.

57.JULIUS HEMPHILL-Coon 'Bidness (Black Lion) Classic early avant/jazz/blues gem featuring Arthur Blythe, Hamiet Bluitt, Abdul Wadud, Baikida Carroll, Barry Altschul and Philip Wilson! The side-long version of Julius' "Hard Blues" is astounding! $10.

58.CECIL TAYLOR-Trance (Black Lion) Long single version of 'Nefertiti, The Beautiful One has Come' - featuring Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray and Cecil Taylor live at the Café Monmartre in Copenhagen in 1962 - the beginning of avant/free jazz! $10.

59.FRANK LOWE-Fresh (Black Lion) Great early effort featuring Lester and Joseph Bowie on trumpet & trombone, Abdul Wadud on cello, Steve Reid and Charles Bobo Shaw on drums. Includes completely radical reworkings of Monk's "Epistrophy" and "Mysterioso"! $10.

60.STANLEY COWELL-Brilliant Circles (Black Lion) One of my favorite modern jazz treasures featuring Tyrone Washington - an incredibly overlooked tenor sax giant, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Reggie Workman and Joe Chambers! A classic! $10.

61.NEW ORLEANS FUNK-various artists (Soul Jazz 47) Definitive collection of New Orleans finest funk & soul music from The Meters, Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K. Doe, Dr. John, Aaron & Cyrille Neville, Eddie Bo, the Wild Magnolias and more! Single cd for $17. and triple lp version for $20.

62.LIVE FROM THE VINYL JUNKYARD: The Ultimate Mix (Liverpool Art School Publication) Beautifully bound 36 page 8" by 8" booklet with essays and pictures from the vinyl frontier about the history of record collecting and records as art objects. Also includes a 7" picture disc with remixed sound extracts and Philip Jeck's "Titanic Funeral" mix. Limited edition of 1,000 and we only have a few. $20. 

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